- Ketchum shores up its DC presence with the acquisition of The Washington Group, a government relations and lobbying firm.
- The California energy shortage continues to wreak havoc, but only 21% of Californians and 14% of Americans think the country is in a "state of crisis," according to Gallup
research. - Loretta Ucelli, former White House communications director, joins Edelman PR Worldwide in New York as EVP and chair of its crisis management practice... Suzanne Gibbons-Neff
leaves VP post at About, Inc. to join Primedia as VP, corporate communications...David Mandell is named executive VP and managing director overseeing the technology, corporate and
b-to-b groups at Cohn & Wolfe New York. He leaves Mambo Partners, a start-up consulting firm he co-founded...Mark Osgoode Smith leaves editorial post at CableFAX Daily
to join the National Cable Television Association as director, communications.